From 851583cff632c500e99457763aac35ae0280edea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jordan Lee <jordan@transmissionbt.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 22:53:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] (2.7x qt) backport r13686 for #5192

---
 NEWS        | 1 +
 qt/prefs.cc | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4b75b3af3..fd31f33c1 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
   * Fix display of the torrent name in the Torrent Options dialog
   * Fix cursor point bug in the filterbar's entry field
   * Fix crash when adding a magnet link while Transmission was only visible in the system tray
+  * Fix free-memory-read error on shutdown
 ==== Daemon ====
   * Better watchdir support
   * Documentation fixes in transmission-remote's manpage
diff --git a/qt/prefs.cc b/qt/prefs.cc
index cf2cc25fa..7e0609b30 100644
--- a/qt/prefs.cc
+++ b/qt/prefs.cc
@@ -220,7 +220,9 @@ Prefs :: ~Prefs( )
                 tr_bencDictAddStr( &top, key, val.value<FilterMode>().name().toUtf8().constData() );
                 break;
             case QVariant::String:
-                {   const char * s = val.toByteArray().constData();
+                {
+                    const QByteArray ba (val.toByteArray()); 
+                    const char * s = ba.constData();
                     if ( Utils::isValidUtf8( s ) )
                         tr_bencDictAddStr( &top, key, s );
                     else
-- 
2.49.0